Hello eveeyone,
Someone shoots a lot of rounds or fires a lot of bullets in a crowd and causes to kill and injure many people. Here, my question is; What is that "firing a lot of bullets in a short time" called in English? Do we have a specific word to describe it?
Regards,
JA
com/words/fusilade Down the right side of the page you'll find a series of examples, some of which are metaphoric, some of which are literal. I think you're more interested in the literal meaning, judging from your post. CJ
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fusilade
See http://www.wordnik.com/words/fusilade
Down the right side of the page you'll find a series of examples, some of which are metaphoric, some of which are literal. I think you're more interested in the literal meaning, judging from your post.
CJ